Sayeeda Warsi’s fiction that the Tories fought a full campaign in the Oldham East by-election is in tatters tonight. Michael Crick has published the official figures from Oldham Council, which reveal that the Conservatives spent less than UKIP. Despite reports that the cabinet had discussed how to help the Liberal Democrats win in Greater Manchester, the [...]
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Hypocrisy as Warsi calls for "clean campaign" after homophobic leaflets
Sayeeda Warsi has called for a “clean campaign” in the upcoming Oldham East by-election. Signing a pledge (not that this has been problematic recently) with candidate Kashif Ali, the Conservative Party chairman said: “After everything that’s happened in Oldham East and Saddleworth, the last thing we need now is underhand behaviour in our election campaign.” [...]
Baroness Warsi squirms in electoral fraud interview
Notwithstanding very legitimate concerns around the security of postal voting, Sayeeda Warsi massively overreached herself in suggesting there were three MPs in the House of Commons who owed their victory to electoral fraud. If you haven’t seen it yet, John Sopel’s grilling of the Baroness is well worth a watch. This episode will further entrench her [...]
Wingnut jailed for egg attack on Tory peer
One of the so-called “Islamic” wingnuts who pelted Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi with eggs because she didn’t “represent Sharia” has been jailed for six weeks. The men were reportedly members of Al-Muhajiroun, which advocated the creation of an Islamic state in Britain. The group was subsequently banned under terrorism legislation, along with the so-delusional-it’s-actually-funny Islam4UK. If they’re [...]
Is Iain Dale angling for a peerage?
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Jack Straw, Sayeeda Warsi, Chris Huhne and Bonnie Greer to face BNP leader on Question Time
The addition of Tory peer Sayeeda Warsi to BBC Question Time on 22 October completes a lineup of Chris Huhne, Jack Straw and Bonnie Greer to appear alongside BNP leader Nick Griffin. Reaction on the blogs has been mute, with Sunny Hundal questioning the appropriateness of a softly spoken, middle class American playwright (flanked by [...]
